Garment.



No. 851,488. PATENTED APR. 23, 1907. A. BERMAN.

GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 30. 1906.

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No. 851,488. PATENTED APR. 23, 1907. A. BERMAN.

GARMENT.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 30, 1906.

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, ASSIGNOR TO SAMUEL ELGART AND NEW YORK, N. Y.

GARMENT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented April 23, 1907.

To all whmn it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AARON BERMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Garment, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention is an improved garment, having a special reference to dresses and shirt-waists for children, or other like garments.

The object of the invention is to so construct the dress or shirt-waist that it may be readily and conveniently slipped on and oil, especially avoiding the use of buttons or other like attaching devices for holding the garment on the body.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specilica tion, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of a childs dress embodying my improvement, showing the same as it would appear when in use; Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the upper portion of the dress disclosing the manner in which the tie and dress are connected; Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 with the neck of the dress expanded as when removing or placing it on the body, and Fig. 4t is a cross section of the dress.

1 indicates a childs dress of any desired shape or pattern, but with the front thereof formed with an excess of material in order to provide a box-pleat 2 at its center, preferably running the entire length of the dress and adapting the neck-b and of the dress to be expanded or contracted by folding or opening said pleat.

The upper corners of the pleat are elongated and reinforced as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, and have attached thereto tie-ends 3,

the neck over the shoulders of the garment and normally covered by a collar 5.

In applying the garment, it is only necessary to withdraw the tie-ends 3 from the loops 4 a short distance, as illustrated in Fig. 3. The plate 2 can then be opened, expanding the neck of the garment sufficiently to admit of the head being passed through it. The tie-ends are then pulled through the loops to close the pleat and contract the neck, as illustrated in Fig. 2, after which said ends 1 1. A garment having a pleat formed in the neck thereof, loops attached to the garment at opposite sides of the neck, and tie-ends attached to the pleat adapted to pass through said loops, for closing said pleat.

2. A garment having a box-pleat formed in the neck thereof, loops attached to the neck of the garment at opposite sides, and tie-ends attached to the corners of said pleat adapted to pass through said loops acting when drawn together to close said pleat. 3. A garment having a box-pleat formed in the center of the front thereof, loops attached at opposite sides of the neck of said garment, and tie-ends attached to the upper corners of said pleat adapted to be passed through said loops for closing the pleat, for the purpose described.

4. A garment having a box-pleat in the front thereof, said pleat having its corners adjacent to the neck of the garment elongated, loops attached at opposite sides of the neck of the garment, and tie-ends attached to said elongated corners adapted to be passed through said loops for holding the pleat closed to contract the neck of the garment, as described.

5. A garment having a box-pleat formed at the outside and in the neck thereof, tieends secured to the pleat for holding it closed whereby the neck opening of the garment is contracted, said pleat being adapted to be opened out when released by said tieends, whereby the neck opening is expanded, for the purpose described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

AARON BERMAN.

WVitnesses IV. l/V. HOLT, EVERARD B. llTARSHALL. 

